This sound recording is not protected because it was published in the United Kingdom more than 50 years ago (Directive 2006/116/EC, for recordings which entered the public domain in 2013 or earlier) or more than 70 years ago (Directive 2011/77/EU/UK Performers’ rights) and the rights of its performers and producers have expired.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country on the URAA date (January 1, 1996 for most countries).
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This sound recording was first fixed prior to February 15, 1972. Under Title II (Classics Protection and Access) of the Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act, which was signed into law on October 11, 2018, sound recordings that were first fixed prior to February 15, 1972 are protected from unauthorized use in the United States as follows:
Recordings that were first published prior to 1926 are in the public domain.
Recordings that were first published between 1926 and 1946 are copyrighted for a period of 100 years after first publication.
Recordings that were first published between 1947 and 1956 are copyrighted for a period of 110 years after first publication.
Recordings that were published after 1956 and first fixed prior to February 15, 1972 will enter the public domain on February 15, 2067.
Note that sound recordings that were first fixed prior to February 15, 1972 are a special case under US copyright law and are not subject to the same formalities as other works. In particular, the terms of protection given above for pre-1972 recordings apply regardless of whether a recording was published with a copyright notice, or whether a recording was registered with the US Copyright Office, or whether a recording's rights were renewed.
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